The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's (SAEM) mission is to improve patient care by advancing research and education in emergency medicine. This satellite symposium, held during the 2007 SAEM annual meeting, features leaders in cardiac medicine debating on topics which include: the use of different antithrombotic therapies in treating ACS, natriuretic peptides, antiplatelet therapy, PCI, and lytic agents.

The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's (SAEM) mission is to improve patient care by advancing research and education in emergency medicine. The 2006 SAEM annual meeting features leaders in cardiac medicine debating the use of numerous antithrombotic therapies in treating ACS, the use of ischemia markers, and invasive verus noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring.

Is there a role for fondaparinux in perioperative bridging? Author Candice Garwood discusses with Lori Justice, Associate Editor for AJHP, issues surrounding the use of fondaparinux as a bridging agent in the perioperative setting. The article under discussion appears in the January 1, 2011, issue of AJHP, and will also appear as an Ahead-of-Pr ...…